This document provides a tutorial for using STORMTOOLS, a web-based mapping tool for understanding coastal flood risk in Rhode Island. It outlines how to access and use the various features and layers in STORMTOOLS to determine flood depths and impacts under different hurricane and sea level rise scenarios. Key features include zooming and panning the map, adjusting layer transparency, toggling layers on and off, and clicking on locations to view flood depths and identify emergency services. The tutorial is created by a team from the University of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council.

1. STORMTOOLS For Beginners
Tutorial
Rhode Island Shoreline Change
Special Area Management Plan
www.beachsamp.org

2. www.beachsamp.org
Open the Resources
& Tools button on
the Beach SAMP
Page.
Click on the
Understand Risk tab

3. Click on
View the tool

4. Don’t forget the science behind the tool!
Click here to open

5. This map
will open

6. Zoom to an
address
Type address here

7. Zoom in
and out

8. Turn on contents (middle button)

9. Adjust
Transparency
by clicking
on the three
dots

10. Toggle down
to turn layers
on and off by
clicking on the
checkbox
Will my property be flooded during a hurricane?

11. Check how
deep the
flooding
will be
How deep will the water be during a hurricane?

12. Click on
location to
get water
depth

13. Turn SLR
scenarios
on and off by
clicking on the
checkbox
Will my property be flooded at high tide?

14. Find locations
of emergency
services
Will emergency services be cut off or limited?

15. STORMTOOLS Team
Malcolm Spaulding, Grover Fugate, Teresa Crean, Chris
Damon, Annette Grilli, Reza Hashemi, Tatsu Isaji, Alex
Shaw, and Lauran Schumbach
Ocean Engineering, University of RI, Narragansett, RI
Coastal Resources Center, University of RI, Narragansett, RI
Environmental Data Center, University of RI, Kingston, RI
Coastal Resources Management Council, Wakefield, RI
ASA RPS Group, Wakefield, RI